Can Ascites Be Fixed?
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This is what I would do if I had ascites.
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0:00 What is ascites?
0:38 What causes ascites?
1:15 Other symptoms
2:54 What I would do if I had ascites
4:12 Share your success story!
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Today, let's talk about ascites. Ascites is a condition where someone's belly is protruded like a basketball. But it's not fat. It's mostly fluid. The liver is leaking certain fluid into a sack around the abdominal organs.
The most common cause of ascites is cirrhosis. Cirrhosis is a condition where the liver has scar tissue that's overwhelming the function of the liver. Now, the liver can't function properly and is leaking fluid into the gut.
Other potential causes of cirrhosis are:
• Cancer
• TB
• Pancreatitis
• Heart disease
Associated symptoms:
• Portal hypertension
• Edema in the lower legs
• Bruising
• Gynecomastia
• Vomiting blood
• Confusion and cognitive dysfunction (potential remedies for this include: lactulose, sauerkraut, veggies, a moderate amount of protein, l-glutamine)
If I had ascites, I would start:
• Intermittent fasting
• Taking milk thistle
• Taking vitamin E (tocotrienols)
• Taking selenium
• A low-carb diet
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Thanks for watching! I hope this helps you better understand ascites. - Zábava
Excerpts to fight Ascites!
• Intermittent fasting
• Taking milk thistle
• Taking vitamin E (tocotrienols)
• Taking selenium
• A low-carb diet
Thank you Dr berg!
Wow Thanks!
Milk thistle are seeds.
@Garfield just take it
@@rizwana2709 a herbal plant
That’s kind of his advice for everything.
Ascites is horrible. My wife had this for the last couple years of her life. In the last 6 months the belly needed draining every 7-10 days, in the ER. We did everything the doctors told us to do & her health kept getting worse. Diabetes, liver cirrhosis, & colon cancer which took her from the liver transplant program. For 25 plus years she followed all the experts advice & each year it got worse & worse. She passed away 10 days after her 61st birthday & 30 days after our 39th anniversary. A year & a half ago & started to get the diabetic problems in my feet & freaked out. I began reading & watching everything I could to see if there was any hope or like my wife was I doomed. I discovered Dr Berg, Dr Berry, Dr Fung, Dr Mason & the list goes on. These wonderful Doctors have absolutely saved me from a terrible fate. I'm down 110 pounds & getting my health back better than it's been in 40 years. Thank you, thank you, thank you Dr Berg.
Thank for sharing your story. I'm fifty years old and also experiencing this symptoms.
@@reallywhy7926 you can do it. I've went from the low carb, keto to carnivore & am still doing very good. In December I did a 22 day water only fast to help kick start my weight loss (it had creeped back up due to poor discipline). It takes some willpower to get healthy but YOU CAN DO IT!
Wow ! Look for Gabrielle Lyon she explained that muscle mass is the most important factor in order to keep us healthy as we age and avoid diabetic and the rest of metabolic disorders
Treating.. Healing... and you never need to travel to him...
Google Dr Robert Morse diabetic toe regeneration just because it's an impressive place to start.. he is a biochemist and naturopathic dr.. been curing people for almost 50 years..
Dr. Berg I normally weighed in at 170 then 12/25/20 my only son was found dead from a overdose. I went in to a depression & didn't care what I ate or drank, I just quit caring about anything. In may 2020 I weighed in at 269.9 & I ran across your channel & started in purchasing all the items you have taught me about along with fasting 3 months later I weighed in at 230 I'm on my way back to my health & sanity. Forever in dept you. God bless you Sir.
Dr Berg!
In January 2020
I stayed two months with, and cared for a friend who was in liver failure from autoimmune hepatitis (MELD 16).
She'd already undergone perisentesis x3 (total 27 liters). Once she was sent home I put her on a very low salt diet, as clean and anti inflammatory as I knew how (no additives, sugar, salt, preservatives, oil, fried foods, etc).
I also massaged her very swollen extremities twice a day towards her heart for about an hour each time using coconut oil. Rest and quiet in the serenity of her own home were also a big part of her care.
Every morning she got a celery, (apple or pineapple) with fresh organic turmeric root juice before breakfast.
Though all her doctors told her she'd need perisentesis for life, she has not had perisentesis since the middle of March 2020 and her MELD is normal!
The alopathic professionals (Stanford) still haggle with her during infrequent follow ups to begin an immunosuppressant medication used with kidney transplant patients! She never had a transplant and her liver is holding it's own now!!
We are "fearfully and wonderfully made"
🙏🏾
She no doubt also responded to the love and care you gave her.
This possibly played an enormous part in her recovery.
God Bless. 🙏💕
Hallelujah!!
we sure r, praise god!!!
Might I get in contact with you?
My ascites stopped two months ago. When I went to the Dr a few days ago they said the small pocket of fluid that was left by my liver, dissolved also. I had all the symptoms of liver failure,
disease cirrhosis . I dealt with ascites for a full six months straight. they were getting 5 to 10 L every two weeks then started going weekly. Two months ago it just stopped. 😭 Happy tears! Yes I do what you posted and exercise and lift weights and drink lemon water.
year-ago the symptoms started, I haven’t drunk in eight months and I'm really healing. Thank you for sharing this with us. You are saving lives!
My brother has ascites also he has been getting drained once every 2 weeks since of October of 2022 what was your remedy to get rid of ascites does warm water with lemon and ginger help
Thank you
Congratulations! I sobered up in the icu for a week.
Seven years this September and here I am, one of the fortunate survivors.
@@RN4L84really because my mom has this seriously?
Had you been diagnosed with cirrhosis?
I am a ex nurse,retired experiencing a few changes in my body which you speak about.i find you explain things as simple as you can.i am a no.1 fan,I think you are just brilliant.thank you
Much of his content is very good but not all.
@@AM-ss9he on occasion he refutes his own information. His take on Covid isn't very accurate either.
@@AM-ss9he agreed for the most part. I think his Covid material is patronizing. Real science is always questionable. I am still waiting for any of these viruses to be properly isolated. Or an actual test to test for them.
@@williamchiafos3889What’s his take on covid? The vast majority of people who died from it were either elderly or had 3 or more comorbities. You can’t help your age but you can often do things to reduce comorbidities such as obesity.
When I worked in hospice many of my patients had ascites. [Of course, they were in the end stages of their disease processes.] It was awful! Many of them couldn't or wouldn't do any activities away from home, even on days they felt good, because they had to pee so often due to the diuretics. It was very upsetting to them. So sad! Dr. Berg is here to help us prevent the need for hospice services. Thank you, Dr. Berg! Your curriculum should be a required course in all high schools!
Agreed! And if we continue to share our successes, this will happen!
First of all, thank you for working in hospice. I don't know how I would have managed without hospice when I lost my wonderful husband in 2019. Back when I was in school home ec (for boys and girls) taught nutrition and basic cooking, sewing, etc. Of course the nutrition taught was the deadly pyramid -- sigh. We also learned how to balance a checkbook. Basic things necessary to normal living. Kids today can't even read or do basic math yet they are allowed to graduate. Again, thank you. It takes an extremely kind person to work in hospice. ❤❤❤
How coincidental. I see a lot of older men with this condition. I called it a galvanized belly. My beloved Uncle George had ascites. He died years ago but I saw a man recently who had this condition, thought of my uncle, and then wondered what causes this problem. That was Sunday and I got the scientific answer today.
My boss has this and it's exactly like what Dr. Berg said about conventional treatment. He just had his fluid drained and got put on diuretics, then wait and see for a liver transplant. Totally ridiculous. This is better than wait and see. lol
I have been doing the fasting and some keto and I lowered my bad cholesterol 53 points without medication. I currently have fatty liver allegedly but it sounds more like this condition you just described. I’m getting a little better every month 🙏🏾.
Awesome. What has been your successful actions?
There's only one cholesterol. If you're talking about LDL (which most people believe is/call bad cholesterol), it's not cholesterol, it CARRIES cholesterol in the blood like a bus. And the level is what it needs to be for the circumstances (the body is smart). If you lower inflammation and address other health issues, with the result of lower LDL, again the body is doing what it needs to for the circumstances. But the goal shouldn't be "lowering LDL". There's at least one study posted on NIH stating that LDL does NOT cause heart disease.
@@w1975b Agreed. Thank you so much for sharing.
What is your age
@@w1975b so what do you suggest?
This is the most helpful, practical video I have seen as far as helping reduce impacts on the liver for someone with cirrhosis. Thank you so much, Dr. Berg, for sharing so simply what many doctors aren’t trained to know would be helpful. It’s a tremendous blessing.
Totally new information to most of us DR. ERIC BERG, thank you for educating us .. .. You pulled a rabbit out of the hat wrt providing us info on a new ailment .. Your videos are almost always full of fascinating facts
Thanks, Dr Berg-I know people with ascites & now with your instruction & guidance maybe they can get better-will share your video!! 😊
I really appreciate what you are doing. I have gotten more help from you then any other doctor as for as information on by conditions. The reason I trust you is because never try to sale me something. Keep up the good work.
I see this a lot in men they're skinny all over with huge bellies and I say to myself that's an obvious liver problem. I think they think it's just fat. We need more doctors with natural remedy knowledge. Our healthcare system is horrible IMO
Agree as well! I think this should be on the ballots for voting for anyone running for a President or Prime Ministers. In my opnion , I think the people have to rise up and demand natural healthcare for everyone, together with the traditional meds for people who really needs it. If the President or Prime Ministers of countries cared about their people, they would do this and get doctors like Dr Berg to help people eat better excercise and stay healthy. A healthy nation would be better for the whole country. They would have a healthy workforce.
@@NansGlobalKitchen Ever heard of George Carlin? The Powers That Be simply do not want an informed, healthy populace - strong, healthy people would never stand for the swindling taking place now, and over the past 20 years.
@@Squadup2 unfortunately ur spot on
Been to hospital twice in the last ten years It was horrible and not sure to this day who was supposed to be looking after me!
Beer drinkers
Dr Berg, you are right on. My first husband was diagnosed with liver disease and wound up with all the symptoms you mentioned, including the inability to process ammonia, it was so painful and frustrating to watch. Finally he was able to grt a liver transplant but died 2 years later after not taking care of himself.
Regular mds know little to nothing about how important it is to eat right and support your liver with these nutrients like E, Selenium, milk thistle and more. He didn't drink but he was a sugaraholic.
Thank you for all you do, your advice is spot on, in so many things.
Absolutely. Thanks for sharing.
Great video!
There are so many men and some women with a big belly and they are not pregnant! Thank you for telling people about a natural way to treat the illness.
Here's my story; from 11/21-1/22, I was placed on hospice care with multiple system organ failure due to cirrhosis, including horrible abdominal ascites. I kicked out amid the chaos and survived. However, for the first two months I continued to have terrible ascites and was undergoing bi-monthly paracentisis procedures to drain the fluid. When I saw my liver specialist, she advised my this was primarily due to a low albumin level, and the secret to raising my albumin was taking protein shakes. I followed her advice, and I'm back working full time, am work out almost daily, am 6'2" 200 lbs with 9.4% body fat and a 32-inch waist with an 8-pack. I'm so blessed to have such a thoughtful care team, and if you haven't yet tried, focus on raising your albumin with regular daily or multiple times per day whey protein shakes.
Hello can I hv u contact
You’re saying that your ascites was caused by not eating enough protein ?
@SleeplessinOC Of course not...does a treatment always mean a condition was caused by a lack of the treatment? Is an infection caused by a lack of penicillin? My point was the following: My treating GI doctor explained that ascites is associated with a low albumin level...a quick and effective way of raising one's albumin level is to increase protein consumption. The added protein helped to raise my albumin level and thereby reduce my ascites.
@@smokeyarmstrong8292 ahh OK, you’ll have to forgive me, I have only recently heard of the term albumin hence the lack of my understanding. Glad you’re doing much better.
@SleeplessinOC Thanks, I apologize if my response was a bit sparky. Feel free to ask anything else about my experience...I'm happy to discuss.
I had the belly of a 7 months pregnant woman. My Ascites was from fatty liver from a very poor diet and probably past medications. That scared me enough to change my lifestyle completely. I eliminated 90% of my salt and sugar intake, and went to a low carb high protein diet. I took the milk thistle as well. I got a gym membership and I exercise daily, burning 700-1000 calories a day. My belly is now flat, and I can even see some abs muscles. I'm at my high school weight. The exercise also improves my sleep, gives me more energy, and relieves depression.
This channel is fantastic. I am learning how to help myself and it really is starting to make a difference. Thank you and God bless you.
Awesome 👏👏Thank you so much for sharing!
I really appreciate this video. It Just May be the Answer I have been searching for, Thanks so much!
10 days into keto and I've already lost 10 pounds, I can actually see and feel the difference already. I no longer feel like my organs are being crushed and I am less breathless. The information and knowledge your videos provide has been a godsend and give me the motivation to see it through till the end. I am no longer content to be a big pharma super user. Thank you for all you do and best wishes from Scotland.
Can you tell me how you do keto while also doing low protein, like Dr. Berg suggests in this video??
@@SunnyWilliamsLA Keep your carb intake to less than 50g a day.
As an obese adult most of my life, I started Keto in May 2021. I also progressed to OMAD with a couple 72 hour fasts a month. I lost 140 pounds by Sept 2022. At 57 I felt 25 again, my belly was gone and I was active again. A full physical in Sept 2022 showed great health and numbers (A1C 5.0) Liver enzyme's normal. In October, I started to get swelling in my feet & legs, and my belly was returning, even though I was still OMAD and eating well. It progressed until I went to the ER. Still normal liver tests. I insisted on a scan, and it found cirrhosis and ascites! I am still mentally processing this devastating news. I have had 5 liters drained, and need it again. Waiting for another Ultrasound and scope to see if I can recover. The Specialist says I am doing all the right things now, but I likely waited too long. This is definitely a silent killer! I am following Dr Berg's program and trying to stay positive but I am losing muscle tone and weight while the fluid accumulates in my abdomen. Hoping for another chance! Best of luck to everyone trying to take care of themselves! It is more important than anything else!
How are you doing now? I hope you feel better.
God bless you!
L he
Great advice Dr. Berg.
Great video, Dr. Berg!
I'm glad you liked this post.
Just here to brag about my success so far… I stopped drinking my (LITE)
6 to 8 beers a day on June 25th 2021
( I believed just not drinking would solve my problem).
I started I/F July 1st 2021
today July 27th 2021 I’m down 9.5 lb. and praying my belly away lol 😝. The #1 reason I started this routine, is because of my protruding belly. One day, in May, I went to visit with my mom, who has major cognitive problems, and doesn’t communicate very much, looked at me and said….where did you get that BELLY!
A pivotal moment for me.
Keep up the great work!
Congrats, keep up the good work.
Thank THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY you shall continue to overcome in JESUS’ NAME.
Additionally, I thank my HEAVENLY FATHER for giving Dr Berg wisdom, knowledge and understanding to use his talent to help all people of all ethnicities especially, those that are from poorer socio- economic backgrounds to care for themselves better. May the LORD GOD ALMIGHTY continue to strengthen and protect you Dr Berg from all unfriendly friends. May the blessings of The LORD Jesus Christ continue to flow in and through you and our household has it did when The ARK OF THE LORD was in the house of Obededom the Gittite whose household and all that pertained to him (1 Chronicles 13:14). It is done in The Name of THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. Amen.
@@pantonpam8024 Amen 🙏
Wow cool!
Thanks for identifying this and offering solutions☺
Very glad to be of help.
Thank you for all your intelligence, keep shinning bright as the light you are. SHINE ON ☀️
Wow, who doesn't know a dude like this. Help with proper knowledge!
Thanks for sharing, Dr. Berg 🇨🇦❤
Very glad to be of help.
@@valerieposnikoff4859 Wow! Thank you so much for sharing!!
@@valerieposnikoff4859 Have you shared your successes on Dr Berg's website or his Facebook group? Many people will greatly benefit from reading them!
Good Morning , Dr.Berg 🌞
Thank you , so much sharing this episode with us , And great advice & information ! May God continue to bless you all ! Have a great day 😊
🙏 7 / 27 / 2021 🙏
Your advice has helped me so much by watching the chicken soup video! Thank you 😊
Great video, thanks
This guy is brilliant..
I'll keep this & follow your directions for the time being.
Thank you 🙏🏻
Sure. Hope this will help you. Take care.
Thanks for another great informative lesson doc, you're one of the best.
I appreciate your comment! Glad you liked the video.
@@Drberg You're truly extending human lives positively, we the people are truly thankful for you and the important knowledge of overall health that you share.
Before i retired i worked with many men who had this condition and they were all 20-30 younger than me. All of them had horrible diets and no exercise. When I would ask them about changing their lifestyle. They would say "your going to die so why not enjoy life". I never saw them as enjoying life.
True that. They usually feel horrible. But lacking nutrients will prevent someone to improve their diet in a stable way.
This was super informative thank you
Love this information.
Me:There is no way I ll watch 10 medical videos in a row.
Dr Berg:Hold my turmeric tea
Another liver supportive plant is dandelion/dandelion root. Can be found in many forms of supplement - tea, capsule, tincture (even non-alcoholic).
Agreed.
My 4 year old son hit his stomach hard on the playground and he has been having stomach pain since then (4 weeks now) they did ultrasound and found mild ascites around his liver. They said everything else looks good and they won’t do any treatment on him… I will definitely try some of natural remedies you have mentioned. Hopefully he can fully recover and be happy again. Thank you Dr.
Sorry to hear about your son. Hope the tips here will help him. Wishing you both good health!
Really helped my life Doc
Very glad to be of help.
Thanks Doc!
This has got to be what I have.
Hopefully,I'll be able to see a Dr eventually to check .
The symptoms I have seem completely right in line with this.
Very useful information. I knew someone with ascites and he was on milk thistle and it did wonders for him. He also quit drinking.
Hi, I also suffer from ascites for about a year now ...already done several ascitic tapping but it still gets filled. May I know how exactly to use this milk thrisle to cure it please
I'm pretty sure I have this, but I'm overwhelmed and lost. I'll try to do what you say, but I am new to all of this. Busy in life too....which is part of the problem. Thanks Dr. Berg.
You got this. Be well!
-Dr. Berg's support team
I fought this and won, but I didn't have Dr. Berg's advice then, I wish I had. Thank you again for giving advice to people with liver disease, mostly nobody cares about us. The comments below are good but what is critical is to stop drinking. Cut the white flour and sugar and IF. Milk thistle. The side effect of this is not only a better life but you'll start to notice your "luck" goes from bad to good in life. You win, and so do the people who love you.
Wow. Such a well done. Since you didn't have Dr Berg's data, how did you succeed to stop drinking and to stop sugar, white flour stuff? Just bt decision or what else?
@@rawwoodgifts8117 When your doctor says "you are going to die unless" ... it made me scramble for ways to improve my liver health. Because not want to die. I had to piece the info from many sources. But Doc Berg taught me stuff I didn't know!
@@Molemen1 Well, very well done for your progress!
Drinking as in liquor or just liquids in general?
@@Molemen1how are you doing now?
I've tried medicine they failed ,draining works but the best fix I've found is to stop the high processed foods ,salt ,and high sugar diets are this illnesses main reason, alcohol and these other habits sends you to the hospital ,right again you are Dr berg thank you .🙂
Interesting, Thank you Dr B : )
You're welcome!
I have ascites due to heart failure. After a myriad of tests my cardiologist believes it is because I had radiation treatment of my chest area 32 years ago. It is also because of very poor eating and being diabetic. CABG x4 11 years ago. Ejection fraction has floated between 30 and 40%. At first I was diagnosed as having liver cirrhosis (having ascites from heart failure accounts for around 5% of cases). I have tried keto many times but usually on last a month or so before I screw up and go back to bad eating.
In March of 2021 I started Keto, stuck to it and was able to take my weight from 280 down to 238 through diet over about 6 weeks. Most of this loss was from the ascites and water in the body. At a weight of 280 I was around 15 liters of ascites fluid in my abdomen. I actually ended up losing too much fluid too quickly. My kidney disease (from the heart failure and diabetes) prevented the removal of some waste products. My uric acid went up to 17. My doctor thought I should go to the ER to get checked out. Turned out I was dehydrated. Felt great on the outside. The did an abdominal ultra sound. No ascites fluid was present and no portal vein hypertension (what leads to ascites) was observed. Ended up staying in the hospital for 4 days while they got my blood work back to normal. Hospital food sucks! Definitely not fresh vegetables and healthy fats. Thought I would be okay to have some taco bell with the family upon discharge. Nope! Went right back to crappy eating. I literally put on 35lbs in 7 days.
I have done keto on and off again since then. Food addiction is real and it sucks. As of June 4th I have been doing keto for 10 days. My ascites makes me look like I have triplets. It is embarrassing and carry so much extra weight makes it hard to being physically active. Not to mention easily winded. I started at 273. As of this morning I am down to 245. I will add they removed 5L of fluid 3 days ago. They are going to take 5L this coming friday. And if there is any fluid left I will do the friday after that. They can only remove 5L at a time because I am allergic to something in the albumin injections they give you after removing a larger volume.
I have been dealing with this for last 6 years at least. I am tired and I am done! Also the longer I go not addressing my issues the more damage that is caused to my body, which means much shorter life span. Of course the doctors have mentioned heart and liver transplants. Not what I want to do. So through great teachers like Dr. Berg I am going to push through this time. I have to make a lifetime commitment to a ketogenic diet and exercise. Next week I will have enough fluid to get back into the gym and start some very light weight training. For those out there with this condition know that keto has helped me greatly when I stick to it.
I can help. Please trust in classical homeopath
I will try this for myself. Thanks Dr.
My pleasure.
Important topic👍
I'm glad you liked this post.
There's no room in my belly. I was at work last night and my belly button was popping out from the ascitis. Thanks talk to bird for the food I'm supposed to eat. And thank everybody else for all their comments it's exactly what I needed to hear
This is very important to me ,cause i have all the symptoms you're talking about.I am going to work on that starting today. Thanks Doc berg
You're so welcome!
Sr Berg! Thank u! I so Appreciate you! I am losing weight although it is slow! I have lost 31 lbs. now that I know why I couldn’t lose weight before! But I so have a bad liver! It to will get better in time! I sure hope so! God bless u and keep u from all evil!
Amazing! Very well done! Thanks for sharing!
I have all 3 of these ... Thankfully following your videos I am already following Intermittent Fasting.... Your videos have given very important insights... Thank you sir...🙏
Very glad to be of help.
Great! Are you also doing healthy keto?
Thank you, Dr. Berg. Shared. ☺️
You are very welcome.
Awesome! Thank you so much for sharing!
My boss has this and his belly swollen overnight. The diagnosis is cirrhosis. He got the fluid drained and was put on diuretics, then, wait and see if he needs a liver transplant. Exactly like what Dr. Berg said of conventional treatment. They did a lot of subsequent tests to see if he got liver cancer but none was found. He can use this protocol instead of wait and see. I'm forwarding this video to him. Thank you Dr. Berg for this timely and specific information.
Hope your boss is feeling better now. Be well!
-Dr. Berg's support team
Did he get better?
@@miguelnavarrete8578exactly did he? Don't make fake posts trying to lie and impress to get clout this is important and serious @jglee6721
How is your brother ?
My cardiologist prescribed a drug called entresto for CHF. I took in for 30 days and ended up with ascites. I’ve been getting the paracentesis treatments for about 6 months but the ascites doesn’t go away. After watching this video I’m going to focus on my liver and change my diet. Thanks Dr Berg
You are one of my favourite health channels. I prefer channels that read recent papers and interpret them for life extension and increased performance. I came here for your keto videos but I also watch those videos about general health. I believe if I learn something that I am doing wrong about myself or my lifestyle, with tiny knowledge, I can fix those and live a perfect life.
I have this. It's been diagnosed as Non Alcohol derived fatty liver disease. This is from 25 years of heavy pain killers. Yes they were for pain from a back injury and nerve damage. I have worked with the pain specialist and have managed to get off the pain killers. I hope my liver can be saved. I am going to try to use some of the things you've said here to help rebuild my liver. I also take Moringa powder and olive oil. They have helped greatly with the pain too. I am almost pain free which is AWESOME. First time in 25 years.
Very interesting. I have been struggling with my belly growing since having Covid, wow 18 months ago now. But this answers a lot of the issues. I have been taking most of the recommended things except for Tocotrienols and l-glutamine. Hopefully things will now correct themselves.
Yes your videos are helpful, I have fatty liver and ascites (and gout, and stage 3 kidney, and leaky heart valves). I have been consulting my primary for 6 months about my big belly and how no amount of exercise or dieting reduces it. She had no idea about ascites, she's a NP.
Your videos would be more helpful if you would give us a grocery list of items available and ready to eat, instead of a list of chemicals that are hard to find. To make it easier for myself I'm going on a butter lettuce diet with some chef salad stuff and fruit thrown in.
You have found something you are wired for but we are not all wired the same. You might make it simpler for the average person who is hearing it for the first time. Thank you!
I love this doctor.
My Mother struggled with Ascites before finally dying of COVID (co-morbid with liver cancer). She was drained bi-monthly near the end. I wish I had seen this video back then. Thank you for trying to help people.
From the first time her abdomen filled up until her passing how long was that? My dad was just diagnosed with Cirrhosis of the liver and has a large distended belly from Ascites for the first time. I am very nervous.
@@leandraainlove I wanna say about 3 years. She had that procedure done many times, but she also couldn't take certain steps like diet and maybe grounding just because her lifestyle was pretty fixed at her age. There are things your Dad can do if he is willing. God bless you and him.
@keats27 Thank you so much! Do you have any other recommendations besides what the video said? He said he is willing to try some diet changes but I'm not too sure. He has said those things in the past and didn't follow through. SO hard. 💔
Ur so smart Dr Berg!
I lost my father to Ascities caused by Liver Cirrhosis in 2019 ...If only I could have all the extremely useful information may be a decade earlier I would have been able to made a difference in his health....
Thanks Dr Berg for ths invaluable information!
Love from New Delhi
Feel the same. Had to go through the same agony.
Same for me. So sorry for the loss.
EXCELLENT DR SAHIB JI
Good information thank you
So glad to be of help!
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I've seen this from very close... my Grandma died from this, she was diabetic too. And My cousin was only 32 when he had the same but fortunately surgery healed his liver cirrhosis and he is now 51, healthy and fit. So scary to even think of diseases we get on Earth 😪
What type of surgery? Transplant?
What kind of autgery
Surgery
I love ur videos keep saving lifes
Great topic! I've had ascites occasionally, and it's worrisome unless it happens to go away!
Me to. Did yours get better since you made this comment. If so, how did you do it?
Thank you Dr Berg!
You're welcome!
Yup, I looked like that! Against medical advice, I began a diet rich in licorice root powder (makes a nourshing, delicious salted pudding!) And milk thistle. There was lemon and garlic. The butcher would sell me only the inexpensive, nourishment known as organ meats, and the guy at the farmers' market let me have only bitter, astringent herbs and the best bacon. I began fermented foods, mostly carrots and cabbage. The harder I tried to eat, the better I got, and, the more I liked it! My liver is still not perfect, but I'm far from the transplant list!
Thank you for this! People need to eat right, right from the start. It's much less miserable!
Hope you are doing well now. Be well!
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Awesome. Very very well done! Thank you so much for sharing 💞
Please tell, did you eat salt?
@@Natalia-Novikova I did nothing to restrain my salt intake. In fact, I salted everything. But it still amounted to nearly nothing. I was eating an average of 300-500 calories a day, only to spend more energy than that to eject it from my system because it sat in my stomach so long that I would explode, basically. Salt was added, to the point where I was putting salt in my tea and coffee.
@@lydialady5275 Thank you so much for your answer!
Great man
I’m glad I found this video. My echo shows fatty liver after blood result showed 5x than the normal liver value. The doctor didn’t mentioned about cirrhosis but I’m tired, nausea, itching and almost fell asleep during driving. The doctor also said there is NO relation between the liver value result with tiredness and itching. My BMI is good but I do have belly like Dr. Berg mentioned here. I’m on IF for the 3rd week but I have not watch all video yet. I can say I feel beter with the IF, no sugar, almost no carbs, coffee and milk thistle tea. There is some about Keto diet, so I need to check first how I should combine the IF and diet or perhaps other things I should do. It’s frustrating when your doctor is passive and I feel sad when my husband think I made it up with the symptoms 😥
You are NOT making up your symptoms. Have you have an ultra sound scan for your liver?
Get a better doctor. Sometimes they're just too lazy. I requested liver and heart scans for years.
I was told by my doctor .. "Oh, I don't really think that is necessary, " giving me a little smile. And I was too exhausted to go to another doctor - also thinking I would not be believed, etc.
Late last year I.finally ended up in the ER with congestive heart failure, stage 3 liver cirrhosis and an enlarged spleen.
Trying natural methods with some success - but it doesn't happen over night.
Take back your control. If your doctor is male - get a female. Just keep searching.
YOU ARE IMPORTANT. If it were your husband, or your doctor with these symptoms they would be desperately seeking help for themselves.
Sending you Love! 💚💙💛💜
Thank you, Love!
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Thank you for this....
You are very welcome.
🌏🇺🇲💙🌈You are brilliant, as always Dr. BERG! THANKS AGAIN !!🌈💙💕💙💙💙💙🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
Glad to be an inspiration.
I've watched all of your cortisol videos, but could you make one that puts it all together after doing your best to eliminate stress, showing how to lose weight? Pretty please🙏. So many of us have discovered we're living with narcissists we cant escape and are doing our best to survive under the abuse but we're falling.
thanks Eric.
Thanks for this. My husband has a typical silhouette for this condition. You didn’t mention alcohol. Husband did drink a lot, red wine with dinner and at least three large whiskies a night. I think his liver was really playing up. He is now drinking a small glass of wine two nights a week and trying to stick to OMAD with me on a low carb regime. He is now taking milk thistle. Fingers crossed that he pulls this around. Like a lot of people he had convinced himself that he was just made that way. But seriously he looks pregnant!
Have it checked out asap. An ultrasound will determine if it's ascites.
@@georgeedward1226 Why do an ultrasound? The doc ordering it will want to treat, instead of using Dr. Berg's recommendations.
Thank you Dr for info. My daughter only 32 has ascites due to alcohol cirrhosis! Liver Institute will put on liver transplant list, but I'm praying for God's healing. I'm educating myself on natural remedies and this info will help. Please pray for my daughter!! Thank you all.
And he's still drinking???
Ascites means you and your liver are almost dead...
FFS
@@florawright5452 I will pray for you and your daughter! I am a 34 year old woman, and I too have ascites, and cirrhosis from alcohol. In October 2020, I was in complete liver AND kidney failure. I was told i needed transplants and that I had a 10% chance of survival.
Here I am 10 months later (August 3rd will he 10 months to be exact) that I have been SOBER! I feel AMAZING and I love life more than ever now. I went from a 90% chance of dying, leaving my amazing husband and children behind... To learning from my hepatologist that my liver has regenerated itself beautifully... And I am dedicated to doing exactly what Dr. Berg says, and I am confident that I can heal myself. I pray this gives you some hope. I truly went from pretty much dead, to loving life in ways I thought was never possible! At this exact time last year, I was so jaundiced that my bilirubin was at 40! It should be under 1, which it is now. Don't give up hope. Anything can be possible if someone wants it bad enough! I pray for your daughter, that she will be a success story like I am!
My husband is thin everywhere except for a huge gut which is hard not flabby. He is not a beer drinker, has low blood pressure and his cholesterol is good. He can’t get rid of it because he doesn’t do any cardio because of a knee replacement that swells. He does the intermittent fasting too.
Thank you Dr Berg from Hyderabad India
You're welcome! Thanks for following!
i had my CT and the impression was acute appendicitis, ascites and have a tiny calcification on my liver. done with my surgery but i forgot to ask my surgeon about the ascites. I'll do you're advices. Thankyou 😊
If BIG Farma can come up with a way to make FASTING profitable for them, THEN they will start ordering their sales representatives, aka doctors, to prescribe it. Until then, we, the people in the know, have to enjoy the fact that FASTING is still one of the best FREE medical treatments ever.
Fasting is a death sentence to those who are underweight.
Awesome ...thank you
You are very welcome.
My dad had this for years, no doctor ever addressed it, just pumped him full of drugs, he was on 17 medications when he died I appreciate all the information that I've seen, saw in your video that plantar fasciitis can be from the liver which I'm dealing with, trying to take steps to heal it thank you Dr Berg
Sorry for your loss. I am keen to find out what protocols you are using that are helping you heal your condition. Thanks in advance.
Thank you i will try all that.
I.F and Keto plus extra salads fixed this for me.
What is I.F?
@@El_Crazyknight Intermittant Fasting
Wow! That is awesome can you please tell me how many hours you fasted and what did you eat in a typical day. I jave this and want to fix it, by learning from someone who personally dealt with this issue. Thankyou so much in advance❤🙏
That's so amazing!!! Tfs😁
I too would like to know how many hours you fasted
Sound good 👍
😊 Thank you Dr. Berg - yes I’m benefiting and learning to eat for health &’ life and not for pleasure & death! God bless you Doc!! 🙏
Very glad to be of help.
What a great way to think ❤
Also strength training can heal and even begin to reverse cirrhosis
Thank you so much, Dr. Berg. Can you please share what brand of tocotreinols you use and where to find them? My local health food shops only seem to carry tocopherols. 🙏🏽
He often says he can't take responsibility for the supplement's quality if he does not make it himself. So one has to try and experience.
Ketogenic diet helped a lot to overcome from fatty liver obesity thanks Dr berg for all Ketogenic programs
شكرا لك يا دكتور الحقيقة هذا المرض منتشر في العراق بشكل كبير وخاصة بعد عام ٢٠١٥ رجال ونساء ولا يتعاطون الخمر او المشروبات الكحولية
I have had issue in the past with my sweat smelling like ammonia and I never knew what was causing it. Thank you for the info
Sweat smelling like ammonia can also be attributed to an excess consumption of protein, FWIW.
@@TranslatedAssumption I was taking protein powder drinks around that time. I didn't think of that.
@@dr.brinebasterd8982 excess protein can be converted into ammonia that gets retained in the body which is typically expelled through the urinary tract. That being said it can also get trapped for longer term in the body in ascitic fluid. I could link my sweat smelling like ammonia to both excess protein consumption AND ascites.
If some one has this issue will it always be obvious or can it be a subtle increase in abdomen size that is barely noticeable at less extreme cases?
Usually it's obvious.
Tq sir🙏 it's exactly what my mother is going through
I'm a patient important in Michigan with Dr Balochi he's not suggested any of this I have stage four cirrhosis I like what you're saying and the way you explain it I would like for my doctor to view what you have to say and to apply it to my diagnosis at the office 2 years ago on a sliding scale how was that eight I recently had a reevaluation done but I've not spoken to the doctor about the diagnosis or the sliding scale of ailment for the liver but I would like to hear more from you and apply it in my situation
I have stage four cirrhosis of the liver. I get TAPPED twice a week (drained). I have a GI, liver specialist, hematologist etc. My ascites is ruining my life as a 23 year old- diagnosed at 19. I feel like my life was snatched away from me and It didn’t come drinking- I have autoimmune hepatitis. I’ve accepted ill probably die even though I don’t have an expectancy date. It sucks